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Originally Posted by Mezo
Well it would be an "urban myth" to an American as you never had the opportunity to buy such myth`s simply because they never imported them to North America in the first place.
And there is a long list of bikes (myth`s) you have never seen or ridden & never will.
Mezo.
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Well, Mezo, aren't you the international snob? And besides my point is that I (and certainly not you) can't make a judgement on the perfect or best bike for someone else. It's a personal choice more than something that any so-called expert might define.
Yes, there are many people with incredible knowledge and expertise (again excluding me. .. and you) and they have knowledgeable opinions about suitability of bikes for "adventure" riding from a technical perspective. But adventure riding is, I believe, so much more than technical. It's personal, experiential and based so much on interactions with those one meets on the journey.
The best adventure bikes are the ones that enable those soulful connections with our surroundings, and perhaps the technical prowess of the bike or even the rider isn't really so important after all.
In any case, your presumptions about my limited North American exposure to internationally available bikes? They're not relevant to my belief that THE "best" bike can't be defined, regardless of one's technical views.
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Rob Osborne
Vail (Tucson), Arizona USA
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